| I must admit that I had never heard or had any interest | | | | Possibly, I would be able to explain to my son that all |
| in the Shadow People. I have been a fan of horror | | | | little boys see this. That this is a common thing among |
| since a child, remembering the eerie voice announcing | | | | children and there is nothing to worry about. Shadows |
| my father's weekend movie. Its single word playing | | | | cannot hurt you. I repeated that verbiage over to him |
| over in my head: "Chiller." My sister and I jumping up | | | | again and again. |
| and down, hoping to catch a glimpse of what was | | | | When I started hunting online, I was shocked to find |
| occurring on the TV screen. I was desperate to open | | | | over a 100,000 various websites listing those darned |
| the door of the unknown. | | | | shadow people or shadow folk. I found stories and |
| While I was too young to remember any particular | | | | details and sometimes even pictures. Some of the |
| movies, and I was not allowed to watch them anyway, | | | | stories matched exactly what my three-year old had |
| the word that played on Chiller Theatre remained with | | | | spoken of. |
| me. Much like the words of my youngest son, when | | | | However as time went on, I would do all I could to |
| he divulged that he was being visited by shadow | | | | make my son independent enough to sleep alone. I |
| people. | | | | asked him often why the shadow man sat on the |
| Every mother's life changes with the second child but | | | | edge of his bed. He would shrug his shoulders. As this |
| as mine aged, he became a little more "intuitive" than I | | | | became a three to four night weekly occurrence, his |
| had liked and I was not amused. Besides, one day | | | | unusual intuitions kicked in full force. He would sit in the |
| claiming to have been my father's father, where he | | | | cart at Price Chopper and wave to people and ask |
| made certain statements about his so-called past life, | | | | them how their sick cat was or if they missed their |
| which only my father had known about his dad, he | | | | deceased father and before I knew it, I was in a |
| claimed to have visitors in his room at night. Hence, his | | | | conversation, assuring that person that I did not know |
| continual visitation to my bed, holding his pillow in his | | | | them or their loved one. It was strange times indeed. |
| arms asking to crawl in for escape from the shadow | | | | One evening, as he stood at the side of my bed again, |
| man. It raised the hair on the back of my neck for one | | | | begging to come under the covers with me, he |
| night. After the first few nights, I was tired and wanted | | | | announced in a whisper that he knew why the |
| sleep. | | | | shadow man was here. The shadow man was here |
| Unable to handle the bags under my eyes any longer, I | | | | to get his mama. He had been trying to sleep with me |
| decided to look up shadows to try to end this nightly | | | | all these months to protect me. With everything that |
| occurrence. I had to get this child to sleep in his own | | | | was going on with my intuitive boy, I didn't say a word. I |
| bed. I did not have these problems with my older son. | | | | raised my blanket up and let him crawl in. |